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Co-ax port on back of stereo.

  • 08-09-2009 11:23am
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    Hi folks, I noticed on a Sony Hi-Fi that I procured from my parent's house that there is a co-ax port on the back of it.

    What is it for?

    If I run a coax from the wall where the TV signal comes in, will I get all manner of wonderful stations?

    I have NTL Digital TV.

    thanks.


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    Des wrote: »
    Hi folks, I noticed on a Sony Hi-Fi that I procured from my parent's house that there is a co-ax port on the back of it.

    What is it for?

    If I run a coax from the wall where the TV signal comes in, will I get all manner of wonderful stations?

    I have NTL Digital TV.

    thanks.

    short answer: yes.

    slightly longer answer: these are the stations available on the bargain pack:

    RTE RADIO 1, RTE RADIO 1 Extra, 2FM, LYRIC FM, TODAY FM, R NA G, PHANTOM FM, BBC RADIO ULSTER, BBC RADIO 1, BBC RADIO 2, BBC RADIO 3, BBC RADIO 4, BBC RADIO 5 LIVE, BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC, BBC WORLD SERVICE, GALWAY BAY FM, CLASSIC FM, JAZZ FM, WRN, UCB EUROPE, PLANET ROCK, STARPOINT, CAPITAL GOLD, XFM, KISS 100, KERRANG, SMASH HITS, Radio Caroline, BBC 5 Live Extra, BBC 7, FM104, 98FM, NewsTalk 106, Dublin's Country Mix 106.8, Spin 1038, RTE Choice, RTE Junior, RTE Pulse , RTE 2XM


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    And is it a matter of just splitting off a bit of co-ax, lashing it into the hi-fi, and tuning in as usual?

    Great if it is, because the stereo is located very near my wi-fi box, and the interference is something fierce.


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    tbh
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    Des wrote: »
    And is it a matter of just splitting off a bit of co-ax, lashing it into the hi-fi, and tuning in as usual?

    Great if it is, because the stereo is located very near my wi-fi box, and the interference is something fierce.

    are there not two outputs on the box? One for TV and one for Radio? If not, then I'm not sure, but I'd imagine a splitter would have the same effect - once you plug it in, you just tune as normal - probably not the same frequencies as over the air, but wouldn't be difficult to find I'd say.

    I think sky used to do something called a sky gnome for this very purpose, for some reason they took it off the market I think.

    http://www1.sky.com/skygnome/


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    Ah right, I'll have a gander later.

    Thanks again


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    tbh wrote: »
    short answer: yes.

    slightly longer answer: these are the stations available on the bargain pack:

    RTE RADIO 1, RTE RADIO 1 Extra, 2FM, LYRIC FM, TODAY FM, R NA G, PHANTOM FM, BBC RADIO ULSTER, BBC RADIO 1, BBC RADIO 2, BBC RADIO 3, BBC RADIO 4, BBC RADIO 5 LIVE, BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC, BBC WORLD SERVICE, GALWAY BAY FM, CLASSIC FM, JAZZ FM, WRN, UCB EUROPE, PLANET ROCK, STARPOINT, CAPITAL GOLD, XFM, KISS 100, KERRANG, SMASH HITS, Radio Caroline, BBC 5 Live Extra, BBC 7, FM104, 98FM, NewsTalk 106, Dublin's Country Mix 106.8, Spin 1038, RTE Choice, RTE Junior, RTE Pulse , RTE 2XM

    That amount of stations is only available on the EPG of the digital set-top box. You can run a stereo audio cable to 'line-in' sockets on your Hi-Fi (if it has them) - . However you cannot use the same digital set-top box for TV whilst it is used for radio.

    Alternatively (only if your NTL is cable - not MMDS) , you will get a much smaller choice of stations directly on the FM band with a cable connection to the socket on the Hi-Fi mentioned.

    the stations and frequencies are to be found in this thread (see DMC's post) which I assume are still the same

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055044544


    Radio Frequencies for Dublin Cable

    Radio Station Frequency MHz
    RTE Radio 1 89.4
    2FM 91.7
    RnaG 93.9
    Lyric FM 97.5
    FM 104 104.6
    BBC Radio 2 90.1
    BBC Radio 3 92.3
    BBC Radio 5 LIVE 95.1
    BBC World Service 97.1
    Classic FM 101.9
    BBC Radio Ulster 94.5
    World Radio Network 102.7


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